Forsaking God's Ways: The Fear and the Remedy
The psalmist presents three movements in Psalm 119:8—a resolve, a terror, and a deliverance. First comes the hopeful resolve: "I will keep thy statutes." The...
This is historical examples on god's faithfulness and covenant mercies, drawing on Psalms 119:8.
The psalmist presents three movements in Psalm 119:8—a resolve, a terror, and a deliverance. First comes the hopeful resolve: "I will keep thy statutes." The believer plants his feet firmly, determined to walk in obedience to Yahweh's ordinances. This is no timid intention but a vow of the whole heart. Yet immediately follows a dreadful fear: "O forsake me not utterly."…
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